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Tag Archives: the Hobbit
The Nature of Middle-Earth
H/T to faithful reader Bonnie B. for this post Fans of the Tolkien Universe will be happy to hear that a veritable treasure of unpublished writings from J.R.R. Tolkien will be released this coming June by HaperCollins. Titled “The Nature … Continue reading
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Tagged Elves, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, the Hobbit
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An Unknown Hobbit
Slovak illustrator Peter Klúcik was commissioned to illustrate a new version of J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit in 1988. For the project he created 40 illustrations that were rich in detail and quite different from previous works for Tolkien … Continue reading
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Tagged book illustration, J. R. R. Tolkien, Publishing and Printing, Slovakia, the Hobbit
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Gandalf has a blog
Starting in 1999 with his casting as Gandalf and continuing through 2003, Ian McKellan wrote a blog called The Grey Book about his experiences starring in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. If you are a fan, you’ll find … Continue reading
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Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, New Zealand, the Hobbit
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There and back again (again)
Last year I posted a story about the Oxford Bodleian Library once-in-a-lifetime exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth, which was the most extensive public display of original Tolkien materials ever gathered in one place. This week I was dead chuffed to discover … Continue reading
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Tagged Frodo, Gandalf, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, the Hobbit
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There and back again
A buyer recently contacted me to help him find an American first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Since the amount that he was willing to pay was ridiculously below the usual prices that the title brings, I didn’t even bother … Continue reading
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Tagged JRR Tolkien, Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Hobbit
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The Writer’s Map
Just published, The Writer’s Map is a marvelous atlas of literary journeys made by authors. The book explores maps that inspired literary works as well as examples of cartography from famous works of fiction and film. Daniel Reeve recounts his creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, History, Maps, Writing
Tagged David Mitchell, J. R. R. Tolkien, Philip Pullman, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Hobbit
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Long Walk To A Dark Place
A big h/t to Cameron Booth for the link to this marvelous Middle Earth “transit” map. Commissioned by Empire magazine,the brilliant map which plots the journeys of the key characters through the Peter Jackson film adaptations of The Hobbit and Lord of the … Continue reading
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Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, the Hobbit
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Back to Middle Earth
For readers like me, there is very exciting news about the upcoming publication of a “new” J.R.R. Tolkien book this August. Harper Collins has announced the publication of “The Fall of Gondolin”, a story of a hidden city of elves, … Continue reading
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Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, the Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
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Middle Earth Parks
Dan Bell is a very talented amateur cartographer who loves J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic Middle Earth maps and national parks too. He has combined his interests in a wonderful series of Tolkien-style maps of parks in the U.K. and the U.S.. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartography, J. R. R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, the Hobbit
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J.R.R. reads The Hobbit
In 1952, J.R.R. Tolkien stopped by to visit a friend and to pick-up a manuscript. While he was there, the friend persuaded the author to record a bit of his novel The Hobbit. The 30-minute recording session wasn’t filmed, but … Continue reading
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Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Oxford, the Hobbit
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